Comments on: Ragdoll Cat Characteristics

By: Bonnie Bertelsen

Bonnie Bertelsen — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 17:00:59 +0000

I have 2 cats – one is a tabby kitten I rescued from the gutter 19 years ago – she’s getting old and she’s not very big, weighing in at about 8 lbs. We called her Phoenix. I have a 5 year old ragdoll, called Mojo and she’s about 15 labs now. The cats have never really gotten along but of late my ragdoll spends a lot of time stalking and fighting with my poor little senior citizen. I was not aware that aggression was a trait of ragdolls. Has anyone experienced this with their ragdoll or could this just be normal behviour of the stronger animal picking on the weaker one? Otherwise she displays all the other traditional traits of a ragdoll, except she does not like to be picked up. She loves to snuggle but makes this little chirping noise when she gets picked up.

By: Debra Bailey

Debra Bailey — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:48:08 +0000

My Ragdolls are Simba and Tula. Simba will be 10 in April, and Tula will be 7. They are without question the best pets I’ve ever had. Yes, they are cats, but have many dog like qualities. They greet me at the door when I come home from work, but don’t jump on me! LOL! They love to be with me in ANY room of the house, and that includes the bathroom.

When Simba was a kitten he looked like a raccon, and he loved the shower. He still comes in the bathroom when I take one, but doesn’t like the water anymore. I named Tula after the female lead in My Big Fat Greek Wedding. It seemed to fit her. Tula is not as laid back as Simba. In fact, she’s a little skittish, but she’s the most affectionate animal in the world……with me. Simba has the Ragdoll limp down pat, but not Tula, and if Tula hears a sound she is not familar with……..it’s like she’s been shot right out of a cannon! Nothing fazes Simba, and he KNOWS he’s beautiful. I swear the cat poses for me…LOL! If I hear back from anyone who interested, I’ll tell the story about the day a bird got in the house by accident……OMG

By: Elaine Vande Voorde

Elaine Vande Voorde — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:37:17 +0000

I have a bicolour ragdoll female named Mitzy or for short I call her Mitz, she is declawed as I have antique furniture and she would be an indoor cat anyway. I live on a 7 acre nursey farm that has deer coyotes, racoons etc. So the only time my cat is allowed out is with me, on my cement patio. I have a rancher house so it’s only got three steps to the patio. Next to the patio is lawn and shrubs and flowers, ( if I can keep up with the weeds), she loves to be outside with me while I am either burning refuse in the back yard or cooking on the BBQ. Mitzy is a fantastic cat – I never had a cat before and I am 69 years young. I cut my own lawn and run my own land by myself, and I am in good health and have atleast 3 to 6 deer in my yard all the time. They don’t even get up when I talk to them, they just carry on with there siesta around my fruit trees. Life is great and these cats are a wonderful best pal and will sleep with you, put up with you, watch T.V. with you – you can’t miss getting a ragdoll. I just found a stray ragdoll in my yard a week ago, thought I left my Mitzy outside, which I didn’t but went to pick up this cat and it surprised me – it was’nt Mitzy it was another ragdoll, Mitzy was beside me as I was calling her. Took the stray ragdoll to my Vet this morning, it’s about 7 months old, beautiful as they all are, wonderfuly kind and not biting nature – took me a week to make friends with it and of course feed the starving cat. They are housecats only

By: Paula Jackson

Paula Jackson — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:55:25 +0000

I have has many cats over the years mostly moggies, all of which I loved. I then had 2 British Blues which had lovely personalities. Finally my last and favourite cat Pepe a solid red persian. He was high maintainence with his coat but just loved being groomed so not really a problem. He had the most fabulous temperament I’ve had over 20 cats and loved them all but he really was the cats whiskas, excuse the pun! He died earlier this year and I miss him terribly, however he was 21yrs old so he was my friend and companion for a long time. I have always liked the look and reported nature of a ragdoll they seem gentle like my lad was and he was great with my dogs.

I am not ready yet as my dogs are elderly and would like to wait until I get another pup in the future and thought I would get a kitten at the same time. The most important thing is I will only consider an indoor cat as I can’t have the worry of a cat on the road. I have read that Ragdolls should only be kept indoors but my query is could they come into the back garden with you if supervised. We have a large secluded garden. Any advise would be welcome.

By: Joy Keegans

Joy Keegans — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:07:06 +0000

I love my Flossie ragdoll. She gets so relaxed she literally slides off the sofa when resting! She’s a trip! But, since moving to the country a few months ago, she’s defying those written traits and has taken up hunting. She’s proving to be a sporting breed!